I guess that's it for Dick's, a good old gay dive bar, described by New York Magazine thusly: "With its concept-free amalgam of bar, pool table, jukebox and pinball machine, Dick's is to most East Village gay bars what Edith Piaf is to Cher."

I used to be a co-owner of Dick's. There were 5 of us all together and one got kicked out and 3 of us sold our shares along the way, leaving Johnny as the sole owner. Only Johnny and one other were gay, I'm straight and so were two other co-owners. This was a great place and I used to like hanging out there. Now it's a pub of some sort and I really don't believe the subway story. Sorry